diff --git a/server_deploy.sh b/server_deploy.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 0bb1fe8..eacbbaa
--- a/server_deploy.sh
+++ b/server_deploy.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Configuration
 REPO_URL="http://owusu:890eccfcea010beb94a0adba246aaf9258330b70@23.29.118.76:3000/owusu/ds-fire-fighter.git"
-APP_DIR="/home/owusu/ds-fire-fighter"
+APP_DIR="/home/ec2-user/ds-fire-fighter"
 BRANCH="main"
 PYTHON_VERSION="3.11"
 WORKERS=4
@@ -61,11 +61,22 @@ command_exists() {
 # Function to install Python 3.11
 install_python() {
     log "INFO" "Installing Python ${PYTHON_VERSION}..."
-    sudo apt-get update
-    sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common
-    sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
-    sudo apt-get update
-    sudo apt-get install -y python${PYTHON_VERSION} python${PYTHON_VERSION}-venv python${PYTHON_VERSION}-dev
+    sudo yum update -y
+    sudo yum groupinstall -y "Development Tools"
+    sudo yum install -y openssl-devel bzip2-devel libffi-devel xz-devel
+    
+    # Install Python 3.11 from source
+    cd /tmp
+    wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.11.0/Python-3.11.0.tgz
+    tar xzf Python-3.11.0.tgz
+    cd Python-3.11.0
+    ./configure --enable-optimizations
+    make -j $(nproc)
+    sudo make altinstall
+    
+    # Create symlink for python3.11
+    sudo ln -sf /usr/local/bin/python3.11 /usr/bin/python3.11
+    sudo ln -sf /usr/local/bin/pip3.11 /usr/bin/pip3.11
 }
 
 # Function to setup git repository
@@ -86,7 +97,7 @@ setup_repo() {
 setup_venv() {
     log "INFO" "Setting up virtual environment..."
     if [ ! -d "$APP_DIR/venv" ]; then
-        python${PYTHON_VERSION} -m venv $APP_DIR/venv
+        python3.11 -m venv $APP_DIR/venv
     fi
     source $APP_DIR/venv/bin/activate
     pip install --upgrade pip
@@ -154,7 +165,7 @@ Description=Fire Fighter Interview API
 After=network.target
 
 [Service]
-User=$USER
+User=ec2-user
 WorkingDirectory=$APP_DIR
 Environment="PATH=$APP_DIR/venv/bin"
 Environment="PYTHONPATH=$APP_DIR"
@@ -176,7 +187,7 @@ main() {
     log "INFO" "Starting deployment process..."
 
     # Check and install Python if needed
-    if ! command_exists python${PYTHON_VERSION}; then
+    if ! command_exists python3.11; then
         install_python
     fi